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April 16, 2004                                                                       


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                             


EYES WIDE OPEN exhibit

 


West suburban and Chicago peace groups


bring Iraq War “Reality Show” to suburbs


 


A powerful, multimedia exhibit that reveals the true reality of the Iraq war lies and distortions used to justify the war with Iraq is coming to the College of DuPage.  The exhibit is a powerful, moving memorial to those who have fallen in the war, both soldiers and civillians alike.


 


 


Eyes Wide Open – Beyond Fear, Towards Hope – An Exhibition of the Iraq War  will be on display from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, from April 28 to May 4, in the College of DuPage Student Resource Center, In the lower walkway (between the bookstore and the student art gallery)  at the southeast corner of Lambert Road and Fawell Boulevard, Glen Ellyn.


 


 


A press conference will be held at 6 p.m., April 28, followed by an opening reception from 7 to 9 p.m.  The exhibit will be at the College of DuPage in conjunction with the Peace Fair on May 1.


 


 


Eyes Wide Open was created by the Chicago office of the American Friends Service Committee and is being brought to the College of DuPage by COD’s Student Leadership Committee, Campus Greens, Youth for Christ and the West Suburban Faith-based Peace Coalition.


 


 


Taking visitors on a journey through words, sounds and images, Eyes Wide Open is a searing exposure of the statements used to justify the Iraq war and what the war is costing Americans at home. In addition, the exhibit is a vivid memorial to the war’s military and civilian casualties.


 


The exhibit includes:


n      nearly 600 pairs of combat boots with the name of fallen U.S. soldier attached to each pair.


n      18 4-foot by 8-foot panels with information about the war, the cost in dollars and lives, justifications for the war and rebuttals, the history of U.S.-Iraq relations and more.


n      A living room installation with couch, lamp and TV, displaying a televised review of the hype and buildup to the war in Iraq, with accompanying counterpoint from the peace perspective.
A plowshare with more than 10,000 spent shell casings, a memorial to Iraqis killed in the war that recalls the Biblical call to convert our swords into plowshares,    … and m